Fulton Hogan Mobile App: Mobilising a Remote Workforce
Jana Pfefferova
There is a growing demand by industries who use spatial data, to have mapping applications available for portable devices. This pressure has resulted in Esri developing different ready to use applications (apps) such as Collector for ArcGIS or Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS, which can be used outside the office. These apps are very powerful and allow light customization by editing a small amount of code and thus customizing the app to the client?s needs. However, when the client has more complicated needs, these predefined apps cannot always fulfill the client?s requirements. This was the case for Fulton Hogan, a New Zealand company specializing in building and maintaining transport and civil infrastructure. Fulton Hogan regularly work in remote areas, which results in offline environment. Therefor their main requirement is the ability to use mapping functions including editing features, viewing location and using basemaps on their touch screen devices in disconnected environment. Previously Fulton Hogan used a complicated workflow which included using multiple applications to achieve the required result (marking the faults in the utilities network). This workflow included using ArcReader for the mapping component which is not designed for use with touch screens.
Event: FIG Working Week 2016 : Recovery from Disaster
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